Hippies posing outside Cafe Vaiva, Riga, 1978
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Hippies posing outside Cafe Vaiva, Riga, 1978

Maker: Unknown

Date Made: 1978; 1970s
Country: Soviet Union
Materials: photographic paper; emulsion; ink; pencil
Method: photographic prints
Measurements: photo: 4 5/8 in x 5 7/8 in; full print: 4 5/8 in x 6 in
Language: Russian
Genre/Form: black-and-white photographs

Two people pose together outside Vaiva cafe in Riga, Latvia, 1978. The duo stands at center and smiles to camera. The person at left lets their arms hang by their sides. The man to the right wraps an arm around the shoulder of the person at left and raises his other arm to show a V or peace symbol while simultaneously clutching a book with the closed fingers.Behind them, several others stand on the snowy sidewalk. The cafe's facade occupies the foreground. Its entrance stands at left and a large window is inset at right.

Collection/Series: Soviet Hippie Collection
Sub-series: Genadii Borisovich Zaitsev Collection
Accession Number: 2013.1029.1005


		

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